Timun Mas (Indonesian Folktale)

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Timun Mas ( Golden Cucumber )

An old Indonesian fairy tale, a story of a widow who dreamed of having a child. She struck a deal with a giant and she was given a giant golden cucumber. Inside the cucumber was a baby girl and named her Timun Mas. Little that the girl know, she must be given as an offering to the giant when she was of age. As the time come the widow ask Timun Mas to run to the forest where her battle to change her fate begins.